Vizille Castle
The Vizille Castle ( French Château de Vizille or Château de Lesdiguières ) is one of the most important and prestigious castles of the Dauphiné , the traditional home of the heir to the French throne until the French Revolution . It is in the municipality of Vizille in the Isère department .
The predecessor of today's castle was a fortress in the hands of Catholic associations during the French Wars of Religion . With the peace of 1593, the property was bought by the Huguenot military leader François de Bonne , Duke of Lesdiguières and later Peer of France . François de Bonne had the castle rebuilt from 1604 to 1620. He held the highest court positions in the French kingdom and became the last connétable in French history. His castle, with a 130 hectare park surrounded by a seven kilometer long wall, was a symbol of this position of power.
In 1780 the manufacturer Claude Perier bought the property to build a factory there. On July 21, 1788, he allowed 491 deputies to meet in the palace. In 1862 the castle was classified as a historic monument (French: Monument historique ) and finally changed to state ownership in 1924. On 23rd 1991 the park was included in the French list of monuments .
In 1971 the Isère department received ownership from the French government. In 1983 it set up a museum of the French Revolution on the castle grounds.
See also
Web links
- Castles in the Grenoble region (English) ( page no longer available )
- Photos from Base Mémoire
- French Revolution Museum (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry no.PA00117357 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French), accessed on January 1, 2012.
- ↑ entry no. IA38000450 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French), access January 1, 2012.
Coordinates: 45 ° 4 ′ 31 ″ N , 5 ° 46 ′ 23 ″ E